Combos with Life from the Loam

15 known combos in Commander — View Life from the Loam

Azusa, Lost but Seeking Azusa, Lost but Seeking Glacial Chasm Glacial Chasm Life from the Loam Life from the Loam
Results: Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you · Lock
Show steps
  1. Play Glacial Chasm.
  2. When Glacial Chasm enters the battlefield, its second ability triggers, causing you to sacrifice another land you control.
  3. Pass the turn.
  4. At the beginning of your next upkeep, Glacial Chasm's cumulative upkeep ability triggers, causing you to sacrifice it.
  5. If Life from the Loam is in your graveyard, during your draw step, choose to mill three cards and return Life from the Loam from your graveyard to your hand instead of drawing a card.
  6. Cast Life from the Loam by paying {1}{G}, returning Glacial Chasm and at least one other land from your graveyard to your hand.
  7. Play any land except Glacial Chasm.
  8. Repeat.
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Six Six Life from the Loam Life from the Loam Lion's Eye Diamond Lion's Eye Diamond
Results: Infinite self-mill · Near-infinite storm count · Near-infinite self-discard triggers · Near-infinite magecraft triggers
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  1. Activate the cycling land's cycling ability by paying its cycling cost and discarding it.
  2. Holding priority, activate Lion's Eye Diamond by sacrificing it and discarding your hand, adding {G}{G}{G} if you have no {G} available or adding three mana of the color used to cycle the land otherwise.
  3. Resolve the cycling ability, causing you to mill three cards and return Life from the Loam from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Cast Life from the Loam by paying {1}{G}, returning the cycling land and up to two other lands from your graveyard to your hand.
  5. Cast Lion's Eye Diamond from your graveyard for its retrace cost by paying {0} and discarding a land card from your hand except the cycling land.
  6. Repeat.
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Azusa, Lost but Seeking Azusa, Lost but Seeking Life from the Loam Life from the Loam Walk the Aeons Walk the Aeons
Results: Near-infinite turns · Lock
Show steps
  1. Cast Walk the Aeons with buyback by paying {4}{U}{U} and sacrificing three Islands, taking an extra turn after this one.
  2. On your next draw step, use Life from the Loam's dredge ability by milling three cards, returning it from your graveyard to your hand instead of drawing.
  3. In your main phase, cast Life From the Loam by paying {1}{G}, returning three Islands from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Play three Islands.
  5. Repeat each turn until you have too few cards left in library to pay Life from the Loam's dredge cost.
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Flubs, the Fool Flubs, the Fool Underworld Breach Underworld Breach Lion's Eye Diamond Lion's Eye Diamond Life from the Loam Life from the Loam
Results: Infinite self-mill · Near-infinite storm count
Show steps
  1. Cast Life from the Loam by paying {1}{G}.
  2. Flubs triggers, causing you to draw a card.
  3. Resolve Life from the Loam, returning nothing to your hand.
  4. Activate Lion's Eye Diamond by sacrificing it and discarding your hand, adding {G}{G}{G}.
  5. Cast Lion's Eye Diamond from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {0} and exiling three cards from your graveyard, ensuring not to exile Life from the Loam.
  6. Flubs triggers, causing you to mill three cards and return Life from the Loam from your graveyard to your hand.
  7. Resolve Lion's Eye Diamond.
  8. Repeat.
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Walk the Aeons Walk the Aeons Life from the Loam Life from the Loam Azusa, Lost but Seeking Azusa, Lost but Seeking Mystic Sanctuary Mystic Sanctuary
Results: Infinite turns · Lock
Show steps
  1. Cast Walk the Aeons with buyback by paying {4}{U}{U} and sacrificing three Islands, taking an extra turn after this one.
  2. On your next draw step, use Life from the Loam's dredge ability by milling three cards, returning it from your graveyard to your hand instead of drawing.
  3. In your main phase, cast Life From the Loam by paying {1}{G}, returning three Islands from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Play three Islands.
  5. Repeat each turn until you have too few cards left in library to pay Life from the Loam's dredge cost.
  6. Cast Walk the Aeons with buyback by paying {4}{U}{U} and sacrificing Mystic Sanctuary and two additional Islands, taking an extra turn after this one.
  7. Cast Life from the Loam by paying {1}{G}, returning Mystic Sanctuary and two additional Island cards from your graveyard to your hand.
  8. Play two Islands and Mystic Sanctuary.
  9. Mystic Sanctuary enters the battlefield, triggering itself, putting Life from the Loam from your graveyard on top of your library.
  10. Repeat each turn.
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Borborygmos Enraged Borborygmos Enraged Life from the Loam Life from the Loam Surly Badgersaur Surly Badgersaur Tranquil Thicket Tranquil Thicket
Results: Infinite self-mill · Near-infinite damage · Near-infinite magecraft triggers · Near-infinite self-discard triggers · Near-infinite storm count
Show steps
  1. Activate Tranquil Thicket's cycling ability by paying {G} and discarding it.
  2. Surly Badgersaur's second ability triggers, creating a Treasure token.
  3. Resolve the Tranquil Thicket ability, causing you to mill three cards and return Life from the Loam from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Activate Borborygmos by discarding a land card.
  5. Surly Badgersaur's second ability triggers, creating a Treasure token.
  6. Resolve the Borborygmos ability, dealing 3 damage to any target.
  7. Repeat from step 4 one additional time.
  8. Activate the three Treasure tokens by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {1}{G}{G}.
  9. Cast Life from the Loam by paying {1}{G}, returning Tranquil Thicket and two other lands from your graveyard to your hand.
  10. Repeat.
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Borborygmos Enraged Borborygmos Enraged Life from the Loam Life from the Loam Surly Badgersaur Surly Badgersaur Forgotten Cave Forgotten Cave
Results: Infinite self-mill · Near-infinite damage · Near-infinite magecraft triggers · Near-infinite self-discard triggers · Near-infinite storm count
Show steps
  1. Activate Forgotten Cave's cycling ability by paying {R} and discarding it.
  2. Surly Badgersaur's second ability triggers, creating a Treasure token.
  3. Resolve the Forgotten Cave ability, causing you to mill three cards and return Life from the Loam from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Activate Borborygmos by discarding a land card.
  5. Surly Badgersaur's second ability triggers, creating a Treasure token.
  6. Resolve the Borborygmos ability, dealing 3 damage to any target.
  7. Repeat from step 4 one additional time.
  8. Activate the three Treasure tokens by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {1}{R}{G}.
  9. Cast Life from the Loam by paying {1}{G}, returning Forgotten Cave and two other lands from your graveyard to your hand.
  10. Repeat.
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Bone Miser Bone Miser Life from the Loam Life from the Loam Skirge Familiar Skirge Familiar
Results: Infinite self-mill · Near-infinite black mana · Near-infinite self-discard triggers
Show steps
  1. Activate Skirge Familiar by discarding Life from the Loam, adding {B}.
  2. Bone Miser's third ability triggers, causing you to mill three cards and return Life from the Loam from your graveyard to your hand.
  3. Repeat.
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Life from the Loam Life from the Loam Surly Badgersaur Surly Badgersaur Seismic Assault Seismic Assault Tranquil Thicket Tranquil Thicket
Results: Infinite self-mill · Near-infinite damage · Near-infinite magecraft triggers · Near-infinite self-discard triggers · Near-infinite storm count
Show steps
  1. Activate Tranquil Thicket's cycling ability by paying {G} and discarding it.
  2. Surly Badgersaur's second ability triggers, creating a Treasure artifact token.
  3. Resolve the Tranquil Thicket ability, causing you to mill three cards and return Life from the Loam from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Activate Seismic Assault by discarding a land card.
  5. Surly Badgersaur's second ability triggers, creating a Treasure artifact token.
  6. Resolve the Seismic Assault ability, dealing 2 damage to any target.
  7. Repeat from step 4 one additional time.
  8. Activate the three Treasure tokens by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {1}{G}{G}.
  9. Cast Life from the Loam by paying {1}{G}, returning Tranquil Thicket and two other lands from your graveyard to your hand.
  10. Repeat.
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Life from the Loam Life from the Loam Surly Badgersaur Surly Badgersaur Seismic Assault Seismic Assault Forgotten Cave Forgotten Cave
Results: Infinite self-mill · Near-infinite damage · Near-infinite magecraft triggers · Near-infinite self-discard triggers · Near-infinite storm count
Show steps
  1. Activate Forgotten Cave's cycling ability by paying {R} and discarding it.
  2. Surly Badgersaur's second ability triggers, creating a Treasure artifact token.
  3. Resolve the Forgotten Cave ability, causing you to mill three cards and return Life from the Loam from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Activate Seismic Assault by discarding a land card.
  5. Surly Badgersaur's second ability triggers, creating a Treasure artifact token.
  6. Resolve the Seismic Assault ability, dealing 2 damage to any target.
  7. Repeat from step 4 one additional time.
  8. Activate the three Treasure tokens by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {1}{R}{G}.
  9. Cast Life from the Loam by paying {1}{G}, returning Forgotten Cave and two other lands from your graveyard to your hand.
  10. Repeat.
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Benthic Biomancer Benthic Biomancer The Wise Mothman The Wise Mothman Life from the Loam Life from the Loam
Results: Infinite self-mill
Show steps
  1. Attempt to draw card, instead choosing to mill 3 cards and return Life from the Loam from your graveyard to your hand.
  2. If you milled a nonland card, The Wise Mothman triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Benthic Biomancer.
  3. Benthic Biomancer triggers, causing you to draw a card and discard Life from the Loam.
  4. Repeat.
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Borborygmos Enraged Borborygmos Enraged Life from the Loam Life from the Loam Surly Badgersaur Surly Badgersaur Lonely Sandbar Lonely Sandbar
Results: Infinite self-mill · Near-infinite damage · Near-infinite magecraft triggers · Near-infinite self-discard triggers · Near-infinite storm count
Show steps
  1. Activate Lonely Sandbar's cycling ability by paying {U} and discarding it.
  2. Surly Badgersaur's second ability triggers, creating a Treasure artifact token.
  3. Resolve the Lonely Sandbar ability, causing you to mill three cards and return Life from the Loam from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Activate Borborygmos Enraged by discarding a land card.
  5. Surly Badgersaur's second ability triggers, creating a Treasure token.
  6. Resolve the Borborygmos Enraged ability, dealing 3 damage to any target.
  7. Repeat from step 4 one additional time.
  8. Activate the three Treasure tokens by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {1}{G}{U}.
  9. Cast Life from the Loam by paying {1}{G}, returning Lonely Sandbar and two other lands from your graveyard to your hand.
  10. Repeat.
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Life from the Loam Life from the Loam Surly Badgersaur Surly Badgersaur Seismic Assault Seismic Assault Lonely Sandbar Lonely Sandbar
Results: Infinite self-mill · Near-infinite damage · Near-infinite magecraft triggers · Near-infinite self-discard triggers · Near-infinite storm count
Show steps
  1. Activate Lonely Sandbar's cycling ability by paying {U} and discarding it.
  2. Surly Badgersaur's second ability triggers, creating a Treasure artifact token.
  3. Resolve the Lonely Sandbar ability, causing you to mill three cards and return Life from the Loam from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Activate Seismic Assault by discarding a land card.
  5. Surly Badgersaur's second ability triggers, creating a Treasure artifact token.
  6. Resolve the Seismic Assault ability, dealing 2 damage to any target.
  7. Repeat from step 4 one additional time.
  8. Activate the three Treasure tokens by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {1}{G}{U}.
  9. Cast Life from the Loam by paying {1}{G}, returning Lonely Sandbar and two other lands from your graveyard to your hand.
  10. Repeat.
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Life from the Loam Life from the Loam Surly Badgersaur Surly Badgersaur Ayula's Influence Ayula's Influence Tranquil Thicket Tranquil Thicket
Results: Infinite self-mill · Near-infinite creature tokens · Near-infinite ETB · Near-infinite magecraft triggers · Near-infinite self-discard triggers · Near-infinite storm count
Show steps
  1. Activate Tranquil Thicket's cycling ability by paying {G} and discarding it.
  2. Surly Badgersaur's second ability triggers, creating a Treasure artifact token.
  3. Resolve the Tranquil Thicket ability, causing you to mill three cards and return Life from the Loam from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Activate Ayula's Influence by discarding a land card.
  5. Surly Badgersaur's second ability triggers, creating a Treasure artifact token.
  6. Resolve the Ayula's Influence ability, creating a 2/2 Bear creature token.
  7. Repeat from step 4 one additional time.
  8. Activate the three Treasure tokens by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {1}{G}{G}.
  9. Cast Life from the Loam by paying {1}{G}, returning Tranquil Thicket and two other lands from your graveyard to your hand.
  10. Repeat.
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Life from the Loam Life from the Loam Surly Badgersaur Surly Badgersaur Ayula's Influence Ayula's Influence Forgotten Cave Forgotten Cave
Results: Infinite self-mill · Near-infinite creature tokens · Near-infinite ETB · Near-infinite magecraft triggers · Near-infinite self-discard triggers · Near-infinite storm count
Show steps
  1. Activate Forgotten Cave's cycling ability by paying {R} and discarding it.
  2. Surly Badgersaur's second ability triggers, creating a Treasure artifact token.
  3. Resolve the Forgotten Cave ability, causing you to mill three cards and return Life from the Loam from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Activate Ayula's Influence by discarding a land card.
  5. Surly Badgersaur's second ability triggers, creating a Treasure artifact token.
  6. Resolve the Ayula's Influence ability, creating a 2/2 Bear creature token.
  7. Repeat from step 4 one additional time.
  8. Activate the three Treasure tokens by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {1}{R}{G}.
  9. Cast Life from the Loam by paying {1}{G}, returning Forgotten Cave and two other lands from your graveyard to your hand.
  10. Repeat.
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